With his wife, Eric Carle founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a 44,000 sq ft (4,100 m 2) museum devoted to the art of children's books in Amherst located adjacent to Hampshire College as part of the Hampshire College Cultural Village.
The most common cause of beriberi in the United States is alcoholism. Heavy alcohol use can inhibit the bodyâs ability to absorb thiamine, leading to a deficiency. Rarely, beriberi can be inherited. Inherited beriberi creates a dysfunction in a personâs ability to take up and use thiamine. Beriberi can also sometimes be found in nursing infants whose mothersâ diets are inadequate in thiamine and in formula-fed infants whose formula is inadequate in thiamine.
Overview. Beriberi is a disease brought on by a Vitamin B-1 (thiamine) deficiency. There are two types of the disease: wet beriberi and dry beriberi. Wet beriberi can effect heart function and, in the most extreme cases, heart failure. Dry beriberi damages the nerves and can lead to a loss of muscle strength and, eventually, muscle paralysis. If left unchecked and untreated, beriberi will cause death.